Distillation.



R. K. WRIGHT, la.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30, |915. :t t t1. y l t t 4; Patented Sept. 16, 19m.

2 SHEETS-'SHEET APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30, I9I6.

DISTILLAHUN,

Patented @am 16, 1919.

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To all whom t may Concern:

B@ it. loiovvn that l, Romina* llmontr, dit, a citizon ot th@ Unit/@d bltatoa, molding at lhiladolphia, in th@ oounty oil Phila-- dolphia and @tato oit Ponnsylvania, hav@ invontod @@rtain navv and usotul llrnprovo monts in Distillation, oit vvhich th@ lnllovvn ia a npocitication..

rllh@ principal oby'octa ot th@ profitant inn vontion aro, hrst, to produo@ ihraotional distillato@ roa'dy tor us@ Without rotining and oli pormanont or unchanging oolor and.

` @onli oil vvhich is oit unit'onm boiling point,

and @@oond, to do this by moan@ olf suoli moohanioal addition@ and @halagos as can b@ roadily and inoaponaivcly mad@ to and in @aisting atilla, and by a procoss vvhich not roquir@ an undu@ tim@ tor itaI compl@m "tion and vvhioh avoids tho formation oit tra@ carbon and prop@rly grados th@ iraotiona Th@ invontionvvill b@ claimod at th@ @nd hcrcot but vvill b@ hrst doscribod in oonnoom tion vvith` th@ acoompanying drawings torna ing part horooit and in which" llli@ l, is a Sid@ viovv, partly in aoction, ot apparatus @mbodying floaturou oit th@ in.n

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Within th@ still l, and in th@ vapor spaco, or opao@ abov@ th@ liquid l@v@l 2--2, th@r@ in airangod soparating apparatua through which a miatur@ oi distillatovapor and gas or vapor introduc@d into th@ still is passod. This apparatus sorvo@ to romov@ l'rom th@ miatur@ @ntrain@d liquid lractions r ot high@r boiling point whil@ it is `at subw tid vatill..

atantally th@ tompcratur@ oit th@ vapor spac@ oit th@ still, and to roturn thorn to th@ yllhis s@ arating apparatus may aasuin@ various "orma" ltor onampl@ it may b@ a liquid ba@ soparator, or a liquid coinuting s@parator, or a @@ntiiitugal liquid soparator, or a combination ol tho@ or any ot thcm. its shovvn in th@ drawings it consists ot a liquid @@parator E, having a liquid outlot t, suitably s@al@d against th@ ontrano@ ol vapor or gas, and ot a a@ arator 5, having a batti@ plat@ 6, and @uita l@ @omminutod hurnt clay or othor inat@rial l",

and having a" liquid outl@t ti, suitably soalod against th@ @ntranc@ oil vapor or gas. 'lhc soparators ar@ shovvn as int@rpos@d in th@ pip@ 9, opon at its @nd lll, to 'torni an inl@t for th@ miatur@ ol distillato-vapor and gaa or vapor introduood through th@ contonts oi th@ still.. ll, is a valvod pip@ loading to th@ condonscr 2U', and providod with branchos l2 and i8, @ach providcd with valvco and connznimicatinpn with th@ pip@ 9, on apposito sid@s oit th@ aoparator 5, vso that both oit th@ soparators 3 and 5, can b@ us@d, or th@ soparator 5, can lo@ bypassod by manipulating th@ valvos oi th@ branches l2 and lil., Th@ distillatos t'rorn th@ oond@ns@r may lo@ drawn od at th@ conncctions la, Gras or vapor that is introducod into and circulatod through th@ systoin passcs by th@ pip@ l5, ouinp i6, and pip@ l?, which passos in th@ jaolret ot th@ still to on@ ond, thcnc@ aorosa that @nd back to th@ niiddl@ and up on th@ opposit@ sid@ oit th@ still through th@ top thorooli, to a distributing dovic@ lil, in th@ bottom oi th@ still.. i9, is an inlot that may b@ @mploy@d lor th@ introduction oit suoli additional supplics ot gas an may b@ noccssary. v

ln th@ praotic@ ot th@ invontion th@ gas or vapor @mployod should not bo stoam but hay lo@ any suitabl@ gas @aamphas ot which ar@ ordinarily city gas and gas suoh as is mad@ in th@ ordinary 'l'ractional distillation ot pctrolc. This gas is prc-hoatod and upon @ntcring th@ @at-formally hoatod still, risos through th@ hea-tod contonts ol th@ still. and rcachos tho vapor spao@ th@r@ot along vvith such vapor dir-tillams as com@ ott' with it. Ylh@ iniatur@ ot introduced gas or vapor and distillod vapor passcs through th@ soparating apparatua which cloans it and romovcs @ntrainod highiar boiling point -lractions Whil@ th@ mintur@ is at substantially th@ tcmperatur@ out th@ vapor spa@ ot th@ still., "lh@ various traction@ ar@ dis-- tillcd vvithout unduly hoating th@ Contnnts 'oi th@ still, thus avoiding th@ formation ot' th@ invcntion which is not limitod as to suoli Gti 'lll

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Iltlll ltlli yWithin the sti matters or otherwise than as the prier state of the art. and the appended claim me require. A f What I claim is:

Dstili apparatus comprising Qom- 011 valpoaf through the comments of the still amd: fer passing a mixture of such gas or 10 Vapor and distillate-vapor through said apparatus thence .from the still, and means im uetilmmg separated liquid to the still,

substantially as described.

ROBERT K. WRGHT, JR. 

